Description
Set in the relatively unusual key of F minor, Invention No.9 is marked by chromatic inflections that lend it a more harmonically tense, melancholic quality than many of its companions. With a moderate note count and unhurried tempo, it suits intermediate players working on shaping a dialogue between the two voices with care.
A set of 15 two-part counterpoint studies (BWV 772-786) that Bach composed for his son's musical education.
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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Johann Sebastian Bach was the towering figure of German Baroque music, serving for decades as Cantor of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. Renowned for his mastery of counterpoint, he laid the foundations of keyboard music with works such as The Well-Tempered Clavier and the Inventions. This site includes 229 of his pieces, including numerous chorale settings and arias.
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